Major UK food and drink companies are putting growth at risk by either short-circuiting methodical search and recruitment processes or taking the interim route to save on payroll costs, says one specialist consultancy.
Top marks in the search to find a college to offer the nation’s first dedicated food and drink engineering degree have gone to Sheffield Hallam University.
Uncle Bens is launching a new range of quick and easy-to-prepare Twice the Fibre rice in the UK - which is the new addition to the rice brand’s range of products.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is inviting researchers to develop innovative proposals that would improve food safety and help the agency address its strategic challenges.
Packaging is a growing source of porcine contamination for Halal foods as result of animal fat-based lubricants used in production of some paper-based materials leaching into products, a laboratory test company has said.
Coca-Cola Enterprises md Simon Baldry and Olympic Games suppliers Food Partners feature in the latest Olympic-themed issue of our sister title Food Manufacture.
Union representatives of workers at Vion’s Broxburn meat plant in Scotland have slammed “the catastrophic news” that its closure threatens more than 1,700 jobs.
More consistent kerbside collection of plastics is necessary to raise the "poor" recycling levels in the UK, according to the md of Britain's largest soft drinks bottler, Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE)
We like that cheap white stuff on our cereal. Milk has always been a loss leader in UK supermarkets for years now. Everyone knows it: The farmers, the processors, the retailers, even the cows…
With western market sales of cream-based liqueurs turning sour, natural yogurt liqueurs could be one way for brandowners to stem the tide, according to Euromonitor International.
UK-based Premier Foods has sold Elephant Atta ethnic flour business to Westmill Foods, a subsidiary of Associated British Foods (ABF), in an all-cash deal of £34m, as a part of its plan to lower debts and avoid a breach of its credit agreement.
Poultry leaders in the UK have welcomed a report from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which claims current rules on poultry meat inspection are not sufficient to tackle the threat of modern biological hazards, such as campylobacter and salmonel
Rev7 degradable chewing gum maker Revolymer plans to trade its entire share capital on the London stock exchange to raise £25m for its five year growth strategy.
Medium-sized food and drink manufacturing firms are losing out on energy savings because of a lack of expertise, according to a report from energy supplier npower.
A new Northern Beef Packers plant being built in Aberdeen has made several attempts to open since 2006, but its long-anticipated opening appears imminent in the near future, reports KSFY ABC.
